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Radar alert on Waze "speed jackson"

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brucine Posted messages 25213 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello,

I'm confused about the phrase "jackson?checkson?" when approaching a speed camera. Thank you.


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    baladur13 Posted messages 47393 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 409
     

    Hello,

    The alert should be "Speed check zones" to indicate that you are entering a speed control area.

    Very difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room.
    Especially when it's not there...

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25213 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 177
       

      Hello,

      It seems to me that there is a franglais ambiguity since everyone knows that the Anglo-Saxons have the precise location of speed cameras.

      The sound alert varies depending on the type of camera; if I remember correctly, it is "average speed check zone" for a section speed camera and "speed cam ahead" for a fixed camera, and there are plenty of others:
      https://www.waze.com/wiki/UnitedKingdom/Speed_Cameras#Cameras_that_should_be_mapped

      But Waze may have replaced one with the other in France since there are only "danger zones".

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